: Something I noticed about Cortana is that when Master Chief returns to the
: control room Cortana says, note "...help that thing get sent to slit
: our throats!".

: Well, I always thought that Cortana was simply a program, despite the fact
: that she was born from cloning a mind, because shes not a built AI like
: Durandal, shes a construct, made from stripping a mind and converting it
: into pure binary, which allows her to have better control of Human
: computer systems and ultimately the Pillar Of Autumn.

: And so what I'm saying is, Cortana isn't organic, so "...help that thing
: get sent to slit our throats!" is a false statement, as only Master
: Chiefs throat would have been slit, Cortana would have been just fine.

CORTANA: "If I still had fingers, they'd be crossed. "

Cortana seems to consider herself human or at least as being human at one time.

CORTANA: "Keep your head down, there's two of us in here now, remember?!"